‘Poland and its Migrants’ conference

9.00-9.20

Registration

9.20-9.30

Anne White

Welcome

9.30-11.30

Panel 1

The diversification of Poland’s foreign population and Polish attitudes towards migrants

9.30-10.10

Katarzyna Andrejuk

Attitudes towards migrants in times of war, refugees and economic crises: continuity or change within the Polish “host society”?

10.10-10.50

Furkan Sönmez and Sara Bojarczuk

Double underemployment and transnational networks: Why and how do Turkish migrants enter the Polish labour market?

10.50-11.30

Anne White

The multi-ethnic population of smaller cities and towns: experiences of Poles and foreigners living in Dobrodzień, Myślenice, Piła, Kalisz and Płock

11.30-12.00

Coffee/tea

12.00-1.20

Panel 2

Ukrainian war migrants: identities and decision-making

12.00-12.40

Emil Chról

Ukrainian identity during migration: a study of identity discourses and practices among migrant communities in Poland

12.40-1.20

Ivanna Kyliushyk and Emil Chról

Post-migration mobility of Ukrainian female war migrants in Poland

1.20-2.00

Lunch

2.00-4.00

Panel 3

Health and education

2.00-2.40

Izabella Main

Untangling healthcare sector for migrants in Poland

2.40-3.20

Wiktoria Moritz-Leśniak

Exploring social meanings of migrant parents’ involvement in their children’s integration: case study of the Belarusian self-organized movement

3.20-4.00

Elżbieta Goździak

The role of children’s education in family decision-making strategies among migrants in Poland

4.00-4.30

Coffee/tea

Panel 4

Skills and de-skilling

4.30-5.10

Sara Bojarczuk

Unlocking opportunities: Leveraging IT and Education 4.0 for the integration of Ukrainian refugees across the EU – the case of Poland

5.10-5.50

Izabela Grabowska

De-skilling protection factors (DPF) of migrants: the case of Ukrainian female war migrants in Poland

Panel 5

World War II, the Holocaust and displacement

9.30-10.10

Josef Butler

Refugees, exiles, others? Reimagining the displaced Polish community in Britain’s experience of the Second World War

10.10-10.50

Annelie Bachmaier

The writings of a wanderer: Migration, uprooting and the notion of ‘home’ in Avrom Zak’s works

10.50-11.20

Coffee/tea

11.20-1.20

Panel 6

Transnational identities, practices and imaginings

11.20-12.00

Elaine Moriarty and Sara Bojarczuk

EU Medical Movers: Transnational healthcare practices of Polish migrants living and working in Ireland

12.00-12.40

Bożena Sojka, Kate Botterill, David McCollum and Daniela Sime

Navigating liminality – The Experiences of Ukrainian Refugee Youth Between Poland and the UK

12.40-1.20

Sara Bojarczuk and Elaine Moriarty

“Warming our old bones in the Spanish sun”:  Older Polish migrants living the western dream?

1.20-2.00

Lunch

2.00-3.20

Panel 7

Women’s perspectives

2.00-2.40

Anna Jochymek

I got caught in my own trap. The methodological advantages and risks of women’s positionality in researching Polish far-right groups in the UK.

2.40-3.20

Anna Key

[Polish women in the UK: Risks to health and safety before, during and after the Covid pandemic]

3.20-3.50

Coffee/tea

3.50-5.50

Panel 8

After Brexit and Covid

3.50-4.30

Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna

Port returns in the UK: How the post-Brexit mobility of EU citizens is restricted

4.30-5.10

Daniela Sime, Bożena Sojka, Kate Botterill and David McCollum

MigYouth: Unscripted transitions, belonging and identity among young Central and Eastern Europeans in the UK

5.10-5.50

Agnieszka Trąbka, Paula Pustułka and Irma Budginaitė-Mačkinė

Examining the impact of unsettling events on Lithuanian and Polish migrants in the UK: The consequences of Brexit and Covid-19